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Beijing Olympics 2022 spotlight - Nathan Chen 'unintentionally pushed’ by rival Yuzuru Hanyu ahead of skating showdown

Nathan Chen has nothing but respect for Yuzuru Hanyu — but at the Winter Olympics, he will be looking to deliver a blow to the Japanese figure skating legend and his passionate fan base. On paper, and for the uninitiated, the American should be the favourite for the title, having won the world title in the blue riband singles event on the past three occasions. But Hanyu is the reigning and double Olympic champion and for most, he is the GOAT — the greatest of all time — and many argue there has never been a talent like him.

Peng Shuai: IOC president Thomas Bach to meet tennis player

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will meet Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai to «convince us in person of her wellbeing and state of mind».

‘Mind-blowing’ how far figure skating has come since Robin Cousins’ 1980 gold

When Robin Cousins won figure skating gold in Lake Placid in 1980, his sport was still eight years short of its first officially ratified quad jump.

Turnbull's five-point game drives Canada to rout of Swiss in Olympics opener

BEIJING — Sarah Fillier scored just 64 seconds into her Olympic debut, but she waited a lot longer than that to know her goal was Canada's first of the Olympic women's hockey tournament in Beijing.

Beijing Olympics to renew scrutiny on China's human rights abuses, international violations

Author of 'Red-Handed' explains the Biden family ties to China, including his claim that they received $31 million, on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

Ice hockey-Six Russian women's players in isolation after positive COVID tests

BEIJING : Six members of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) women's ice hockey team are in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday.

'Boycott banter' to be doused by opening, says Beijing Games organiser

Olympics will turn attention away from criticism over human rights, which China rejects, a spokesperson for the organising committee told Reuters on the eve of the opening ceremony. Several countries including the United States and Britain have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Games over China's rights record, including its treatment of mostly Muslim Uyghurs in its Xinjiang region, which the United States deems genocide. "The so-called China human rights issue is a lie made up by people with ulterior motives," Zhao Weidong, spokesperson for the Beijing Games, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday when asked if such criticism had undermined the Games.

Former champions, Australian Open high fliers set for Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

DUBAI: Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins and quarterfinalist Gael Monfils will be among the strong field set to take part in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships later this month.

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Beijing Olympics 2022 spotlight - Nathan Chen 'unintentionally pushed’ by rival Yuzuru Hanyu ahead of skating showdown

Peng Shuai: IOC president Thomas Bach to meet tennis player

‘Mind-blowing’ how far figure skating has come since Robin Cousins’ 1980 gold

Turnbull's five-point game drives Canada to rout of Swiss in Olympics opener

Beijing Olympics to renew scrutiny on China's human rights abuses, international violations

Ice hockey-Six Russian women's players in isolation after positive COVID tests

'Boycott banter' to be doused by opening, says Beijing Games organiser

Former champions, Australian Open high fliers set for Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships